London slaughter-houses and cow-sheds : a paper read before the Society of Medical Officers of Health, December 18th, 1875 : to which is added a report of the discussion thereon / by T. Orme Dudfield.

  • Dudfield, Thomas Orme.
Date:
1876
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Credit: London slaughter-houses and cow-sheds : a paper read before the Society of Medical Officers of Health, December 18th, 1875 : to which is added a report of the discussion thereon / by T. Orme Dudfield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    with hard, smooth, impervious materials to the height of at least 5 ft. from the floor. 3. Every person occupying a cow-shed shall cause the same to be well paved with brick on edge on 6 in. of good concrete ; the channels and gangway with ironstone bricks, or other impervious material, also laid on 6 in. of good concrete, set with cement, and with a proper slope towards a gully which shall be outside the shed ; and shall cause the same' to be effectually drained by an adequate drain of glazed pipes communicating with the public sewer ; the gully to be trapped by an appropriate tiap, according to the sealed pattern deposited at the office of the board, and to be covered with a fixed or locked grating, the bars of which shall be not more than ■£• in. apart. 4. Every person occupying a cow-shed shall cause it to be provided with a trough manger, lined with Portland or other hard cement; or half 12 in. glazed stoneware pipes, sloping from each end towards the centre to a plugged or trapped inlet to a branch drain emptying itself below the grating, but upon the trapped inlet of the surface drain. 5. Every occupier of a cow-shed shall cause it to be provided with an adequate slate, or metal, or metallic-lined tank for water, and with an adequate water supply, to be properly covered and provided with an overflow or warning pipe; the tank to be so placed that the bottom shall be not less than 6 ft. above the floor level, with metal piping from the tank conveying water to a tap to be furnished for each end of the channel and for the centre of the trough ; or, that every part of the shed may be effectually flushed by a hose connected with the tank, which shall be of a capacity equal to [ ] gallons for each cow lawfully kept on the premises, and shall have no communication with the drain by means of a waste pipe, and shall be supplied with good and wholesome water, which, when and whex-e practicable,